Book review | Appalachian Health and Well Being

5:46 PM,
Jul. 13, 2012

Written by

Kevin Kavanagh
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Recently, the most critically acclaimed work that provides a mood of forbearing, misery and depression was the script for the film "Melancholia." However, the treatise "Appalachian Health and Well-Being" easily surpasses it. What makes its impact so profound is that it is a true documentative report, one that many Eastern Kentuckians are currently living.

The book is a compilation of reviews and studies of the entire Appalachian region, which spans 13 states and includes the metropolitan areas of Pittsburgh, Birmingham and, in Kentucky, Lexington. Each chapter is written by a ...